Sec. 3902.004. ADDITIONAL PURPOSES; LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. (a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing the city and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.
(b) The creation of the district is necessary to promote, develop, encourage, and maintain employment, commerce, transportation, housing, tourism, recreation, the arts, entertainment, economic development, safety, and the public welfare in the district.
(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve the city, Rockwall County, or Kaufman County from providing or requiring the city or the counties to provide the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter to the area in the district as the city or counties do to similarly situated property in the city. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant city and county services provided in the district.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1195 (H.B. 3859), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
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